Carbon Credits Category
Nature-Based Solutions
Projects that conserve, restore, or enhance ecosystems while delivering measurable climate mitigation.
Definition
Nature-based solutions generate credits by avoiding deforestation, restoring degraded land, or improving land management with measurable emissions reductions or removals.
Project types
- Afforestation and reforestation (ARR)
- Improved forest management
- REDD+ and avoided conversion
- Soil carbon and regenerative agriculture
Methodologies & standards
- Verra VCS AFOLU methodologies
- Gold Standard Land Use & Forests
- Plan Vivo community forestry standards
- ART TREES for jurisdictional REDD+
Environmental & social co-benefits
- Biodiversity conservation and habitat connectivity
- Watershed protection and soil health
- Livelihood support and local employment
- Community tenure and governance strengthening
Buyer suitability
Suitable for buyers seeking nature-linked credits with strong co-benefits, provided projects demonstrate robust safeguards, permanence planning, and transparent monitoring.
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